Dad, get me Slepicka

Hrabavou poultry can be divided into two groups. In one is represented by large, in the second and dwarfed zdrobnela breeds. Both of these groups is then further divided into the carrier breeds, meat, combined with the performance, of war and ornamental.

Slepicka not only the decoration
For the layman, but not for them, are at first sight, most probably represented the latter group. Although, in terms of performance, most breeds can not be compared with the carriers and their breeding is often much more demanding, for their exterior libivy them but we forgive. What is their appearance so extraordinary? Almost every breed of ornamental poultry is a typical and specific exterior feature of any deviation in the plumage. Only a few can be to appoint a topknot plume of different sizes and shapes, sparse beard, thick Not cut in pieces, or three, different from low down, and immediately adjacent to the rich hardwood, chmyrite, fluffy, poduskovite, silk, curl (curly)rouse the behakach and fingers from the small and sparse puncosek vulturous over heels after a massive and dense Rous, unfledged place at different parts of the body (eg holokrcky), tailless breeds and breeds on the contrary, long-tailed. And the more different combinations of colors and drawings of feathers, which also can achieve a single breed of 20 to 30

Colors, colors, colors
In hens, there is a lot of color variations and patterns of feathers. Some are linked to one breed, the other occurring in many breeds. For better orientation in the richness of color, and drawing vyvzorovani poultry feathers, it is necessary to its division into several basic groups.Here we focus only on the most popular color range and variety.
In hens there are certain breeds or single shocks:

white in these hens is required as the purest white color of the shade

whole body, both upper plumage and undercoat. A frequent defect is white yellow tint, which is found especially shortly after prepereni. Another part of the defect sites is small merry black (pepreni).

black is desirable as nejsytejsi uniform black color with a strong green gloss

especially in stopcocks. Underfur It should be the darkest. Violet gloss, matt feathers brittle, sorrel color and poor yellow beaks and feet are the most common defect.

blue medium blue shade must be balanced throughout the body. Be tolerated,

the cocks are neck and saddle hangers modrocerny. The ideal color underfur is also blue. This is a very difficult color for the variety.

standard is a uniform yellow color of egg yolk syta with a strong luster after

whole body. Cocks are usually neck and saddle hinge slightly darker. Underfur must be yellow. The darker it is, the more valuable exhibition hens. Yellow (buff) not genetically pure,sometimes in jednobarevnosti prosvitaji signs of various drawings.
The color is also jednobarevnemu calculated pearly gray and light brown.

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